i don't see how with a shell as /bin/false that changing their own
password would matter, they still don't have a shell to use.

-xs


end 
+-------------------------------------+
|Greg Albrecht  KF4MKT   [EMAIL PROTECTED]|
|Safari Internet   Fort Lauderdale, FL|
|www.safari.net           888-537-9550|
+------L-O-W-E-R--D-O-T--O-R-G--------+

On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Fred Lindberg wrote:

>On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 08:06:45 -0400 (EDT), xs wrote:
>
>>i thought about this  one this weekend, if /bin/false is in /etc/shells
>
>What about /bin/passwd? Allows people to change password via telnet ...
>
>Another alternative is to use Bruce Guenter's vmailmgr and make all the
>pop accounts virtual. You can also use tcpwrapper/tcpcontrol/firewall
>to limit access so that only local users can pop. We do this and then
>allow remote access via sqwebmail, but with a different password.
>
>
>
>-Sincerely, Fred
>Fred Lindberg, Inf. Dis., WashU, St. Louis, MO, USA
>
>
>

Reply via email to